Joseph albers



J. ALBBRS GATE.

(No Model.)

No. 435,785. Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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ATTORNEY NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH ALBERS, OF CORVALLIS, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN ZEIS, OF SAME PLACE.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 435,785, dated September 2, 1890. Application filed May 24, 1890. Serial No. 353,107. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ALBERS, of Oorvallis, in the county of Benton and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to swinging gates, and particularly to certain improvements upon my patent, No. 395,804:, granted January 8, 1889,'the object of these improvements being to remedy certain defects existing in this class of gates and provide constructions whereby the operator is enabled to open and close the gates from the same side.

A further object of my invention is to provide a positive connection between the opposing hand-levers, whereby when one is depressed the other is elevated.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the various parts, such as shown in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate provided with my improvements; and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the brackets, hand-levers, and connecting parts.

In carrying out my invention I employ the swinging gates A, arranged in the frame B in precisely the same manner as in my previous patent above referred to. The catches for locking and unlocking the gates and mechanism for connecting the gates, so that they will operate in unison, are also the same as in said patent. Other constructions for these purposes may also be employed.

The brackets e, mounted upon the upper side of the top cross-piece 17, extend upward a sufficient distance to permit the operation of a walking or vibrating beam E, pivoted therebetween. Horizontal arms e extend longitudinally outward from the brackets, and between said arms are pivoted the operatinglevers F, the inner ends of said levers being connected with the chains D, which pass around the drums O, carried by the gate-pintles, and operate the said gates. Link-arms G connect the ends of the walking-beam E and the adjacent hand-levers F, said links being connected to hand-levers near their inner ends. Handle-rods H are pivotally attached to the outer ends of the hand-levers for the purpose of operating said levers in both directions from the same side.

In my previous patent the only connection whatever between the hand-levers is the chain which passes around and operates the drums, whereas in the improvement the handlevers are connected with each other by means of the walking-beam and link-arms.

In operation, when one of the hand-levers is depressed at its outer end by pulling on the rod 11, the chains will be moved and the gates opened, as usual. The inner end of the handlever will be raised and also the adjacent end of the walking-beam. This lowers the opposite end of the beam and theinner end of the opposite hand-lever elevating the outer end of said lever. Now in my previous patent and in many other similar devices it is necessary to pass through the gate and pull upon the opposite hand-lever; but by my improved construction I am enabled to push up the handle-rods II, raising the hand-lever, and closing the gates in precisely the same manner as though the opposite hand-lever had been depressed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a gate, the combination, with the brackets, of the hand'levers pivoted between the brackets and connected at their inner ends with the operating-chains, the walkingbeam pivoted also between the brackets and above the hand-levers, and link-arms connecting the walking-beam and handlevers, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a gate, the combination, with the brackets 6, having the horizontal arms 6', of the levers F, pivoted between the outer ends of the arms 6 and lying in the same vertical plane, the walking-beam E, pivoted between the brackets (1 above the levers F, the rigid link-arms G, the operating-chains D, and the handles H, all arranged and adapted to opcrate substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH ALBERS.

Witnesses:

M. L. PIPES, D, GARLILE. 

